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Building Your Custom Home For Dummies
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- Condition
- Release Year
- 2021
- ISBN
- 9781119796794
- Book Title
- Building Your Custom Home for Dummies
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, House & Home
- Topic
- Construction / General, Design & Construction, Remodeling & Renovation, Repair
- Item Width
- 7.4in
- Item Weight
- 18.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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You deserve a home that meets your specific needs and desires! If you find yourself dreaming of the perfect patio, the ideal kitchen, and inviting rooms where you love to spend time, it might just be time to start building! With Building Your Custom Home For Dummies , you won't have to feel intimidated as you plan, finance, and oversee construction on your new oasis. You'll learn what it takes to build a custom home, including which pros to call and when. This updated edition also covers the latest in real estate and home construction trends, including smart homes, green building, and banking options. It's more important than ever to live in a home that's truly how you want it, truly your own. Now is the perfect time to get started--if you're still in the dreaming stage, this book will help you identify your style and articulate your vision. If you're further along in the process, you'll benefit from checklists and pointers on reviewing architects' plans, evaluating contractor bids, flipping the home you build, and more. The latest guidance on building a beautiful home on any budget New ideas for high-tech homes with low carbon footprints Step-by-step instructions for securing financing, hiring architects, and finding reliable contractors Advice on how to invest your home-building budget wisely and plan for the future Building Your Custom Home For Dummies takes you from finding the perfect homesite through laying the foundation to framing and finishing--in the friendly Dummies style you can trust.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1119796792
ISBN-13
9781119796794
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5050088602
Product Key Features
Book Title
Building Your Custom Home for Dummies
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Construction / General, Design & Construction, Remodeling & Renovation, Repair
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Technology & Engineering, House & Home
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
7.4in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Th4811
Edition Number
2
Table of Content
Introduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with Custom-Home Building 5 Chapter 1: The Custom-Home Process in a Nutshell 7 Chapter 2: Preparing for the Process 21 Chapter 3: The Land Grab: Selecting the Perfect Site 39 Chapter 4: Defining Your House Style 61 Part 2: Assembling Your Team 81 Chapter 5: Architects and Design: Time Spent Is Money Saved 83 Chapter 6: Engineers and City Folk: Approval Bureaucracy Made Somewhat Easy 109 Chapter 7: All the King's Men: The Contractor and Their Cohorts 125 Part 3: All You Need Is Dough: Financing Your Custom Home 141 Chapter 8: Cash Is King: Borrowing to Your Advantage 143 Chapter 9: Knowledge Is Power: What You Don't Know about Construction Loans Can Hurt You 157 Chapter 10: Qualifying: It's the Bank's Way or the Highway 179 Chapter 11: Show Me the Money: Flowing Cash through the Project 203 Part 4: Hammers and Nails: Overseeing the Construction Process 219 Chapter 12: Excavation and Foundation: Getting a Solid Start 221 Chapter 13: Framing and Rough: So Much Goes behind Those Walls! 237 Chapter 14: Heading for the Finish: The Devil's in the Details 261 Part 5: All the After Stuff 287 Chapter 15: Making a House a Home: Moving In, Furnishing, and Using Smart Tech 289 Chapter 16: Taking It Outside: The Art of Landscaping and Hardscaping 297 Chapter 17: Making Your Nest Egg Financially Sound 313 Part 6: The Part of Tens 321 Chapter 18: Ten Common Custom-Home Mistakes and How to Avoid 'Em 323 Chapter 19: Ten Great Ways to Lower Construction Costs 329 Chapter 20: Ten Common Stuck-in-the-Middle Problems and Their Fixes 337 Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Build Sustainably 345 Chapter 22: Ten Helpful Custom-Home Resources 353 Index 359
Copyright Date
2021
Dewey Decimal
690.8
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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